影片對白  ...But a man can change.

3. lose track of time 忘記時間

Sorry- sorry we're late, we, uh, kinda just, y'know, lost track of time.
對不起，對不起，我們遲到了，我們，呃，只是有點，知道吧，忘記時間了。

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the tendency to miss lunch.
使用電腦時忘記時間的人都知道玩電腦很容易吃不上午飯。

4. throw in 外加，附帶

You just start with half a dozen European cities, throw in thirty euphemisms for male genitalia, and bam! You have got yourself a book.
你只要以半打歐洲城市開篇，再加上三十個男性生殖器的別稱，嘭！你自己的書就寫成了。

You need to throw in another thousand dollars for the tip.
你還需要再加一千美元作為小費。

5. kill off 消除，滅絕

C'mon, the guy's a secondary character, just a, y'know, complication you eventually kill off.
好啦，這家伙只是個二流角色，只是一個，知道吧，你最終會跨越的障礙。

Readers joined some authors in a plea to JK Rowling not to kill off Harry Potter in the seventh and final book.
讀者和一些作家聯合請求J·K·羅琳不要在第七部，也是最后一部書中殺死哈利·波特。

文化面面觀

Euphemism 委婉語

A euphemism is an expression intended by the speaker to be less offensive, disturbing, or troubling to the listener than the word or phrase it replaces, or in the case of doublespeak to make it less troublesome for the speaker. When a phrase is used as a euphemism, it often becomes a metaphor whose literal meaning is dropped. Euphemisms are often used to hide unpleasant or disturbing ideas, even when the literal term for them is not necessarily offensive. This type of euphemism is used in public relations and politics, where it is sometimes disparagingly called doublespeak. There are also superstitious euphemisms, based (consciously or subconsciously) on the idea that words have the power to bring bad fortune and religious euphemisms, based on the idea that some words are sacred, or that some words are spiritually imperiling.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism)

Some examples:
Restroom --- toilet room
acting like rabbits, making love to, getting it on, doing it, or sleeping with --- for having sexual intercourse with
motion discomfort bag, air-sickness bag--- vomit bag, sick bag or barf bag
sanitary landfill --- garbage dump
ill-advised --- very poor or bad
pre-owned vehicles --- used cars
correctional facility --- prison
the big C --- cancer
the crab --- cancer
bathroom tissue, t.p., or bath tissue --- toilet paper
caretaker --- janitor
sanitation worker --- "garbage man"
Where can I wash my hands? or Where can I powder my nose? --- Where can I find a toilet?
percussive maintenance --- fixing by hitting

考考你

用今日所學將下面的句子譯成英語。

1. 湯姆以前很沉悶，但是自從蘇姍對他有好感之后他開朗多了。
2. 失去幾個老朋友，花掉你所有的空閑時間，你才能做好主席的工作。
3. 很多宏偉計劃都是由于資金不足而泡湯的。
4. 也許日常瑣事使我失去了時間概念。

Friends 1 《老友記》1（精講之九）考考你 參考答案

1. 他所有的親戚都湊錢給他交高昂的學費。
All his relatives chipped in for his exorbitant tuition.

2. 先發制人，羅伯特說，不是美國的風格--那將是“第二個珍珠港”。
Striking first, Robert said, was un-American-it would be "a Pearl Harbor in reverse."

3. 有些時候你需要放松放松，享受生活。
Sometimes you need to lay back and smell the roses.

4. - 你是我見過的最漂亮的女生。
   - 胡說。我沒那么好啦。
- You are the most beautiful girl I've ever met.
- Get out. I am not that good. 

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